Santiago [Chile], November 19 (ANI/Xinhua): Chile's Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported 14 more daily deaths from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), raising the death toll to 14,897.

In the previous 24 hours, tests also detected 945 new cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of people who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus to 534,558.

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In a statement, Minister of Health Enrique Paris stressed the high rate of testing nationwide, saying 250,370 tests have been applied per million inhabitants.

Chile is home to just over 19 million people.

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The figure "continues to place us at the fore in Latin America and in a leading place worldwide," Paris said. (ANI/Xinhua)

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